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The Tarheel State – Alleghany County Mystery Cache

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McCaching: Archiving due to recent accident.

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Hidden : 8/31/2019
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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The Tarheel State

 

The 100 Counties of North Carolina

 

Cache is not at the posted coordinates.  Answer the question to get the final coordinates

https://i.imgur.com/Rh4hfVG.png

Alleghany County was formed in 1859 from the eastern part of Ashe County.  The county seat is Sparta, which is also the largest city.  The county was named for the Allegheny Mountains. Numerous boundary adjustments have been made since it was established, but none have resulted in new counties.

 

N 35° 42.897 W 80° 34.XXX

 

What is the largest city in Alleghany County?

 

  1. Healing Springs = 462
  2. New Burn = 788
  3. Sparta = 312

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Chmmyr: #3 Pnpur: Unatvat Ovfba

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)